A Pattern Of Islands by Arthur Grimble Hardcover Book

Title: A Pattern Of Islands by Arthur Grimble Hardcover Book.
Author: Arthur Grimble.
Type: Biography.
Edition: Reprint 1954.
Publisher: The Reprint Society.
Year First Published: 1952.
Format: Hardcover Book, no dust jacket, with photographs.
Printed By: William Clowes & Sons, Ltd, London & Beccles.
Page Count: 320 pages.
Width: 13.0cm
Height: 18.5cm
Thickness: 2.4cm
Info: A Pattern of Islands (also known as We Chose the Islands in American editions) is a memoir by Sir Arthur Grimble recounting his time in the Gilbert and Ellice Islands as a cadet officer and Resident Commissioner between 1914 and 1933. The book gives an attractive account of island life and colonial rule, based on Grimble's extensive engagement with the islanders. The book was adapted as a film, Pacific Destiny, released in 1956, and Grimble wrote a sequel, Return to the Islands.
Condition: Very Good, all pages and binding intact, no loose pages. No Dust jacket, a well preserved copy, the pages internally are good, price clipped title page.
Price: R 75.00 Inc Vat.